genitive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genitive /ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv/ Grammar
▶adjective denoting a case indicating possession or close association. ▶noun a word in the genitive case.
– derivatives
genitival /-ˈtʌɪv(ə)l/ adjective.
genitival /-ˈtʌɪv(ə)l/ adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. genitif, -ive or L. genitivus (casus) ‘(case) of production or origin’, from gignere ‘beget’.
'genitive' also found in these Oxford entries:
aet.
- against
- always
- by-law
- casus belli
- her
- hind
- his
- jakes
- lapis lazuli
- materfamilias
- once
- partitive genitive
- -s
- -'s
- their
- triumvir
- variorum
- verisimilitude
- whose
- witenagemot
- wondrous
- your
